Battery filler



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UNETED STATES 'JoHii 's'. adores, or WILKINSBUBG, FEiSTi'IsY'LVANIA.

BATTERY FILLER;

Application filed December a, 1925. semi No. 74,126.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in.battery filling devices, and has more particular reference to a devicefor containing water and dispensing the same so as to fill the cells ofa storage battery with facility.

i The invention contemplatestheprovision of a jar provided near thebottom of the same with an outlet with which is associated an outlethose and nozzle, and a simple and durable form of carrier in which theai is removably positionable.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a battery filler ofthe above kind which is extremely simple and durable in construction.

A further object is to provide a device of the above kind wherein thejar carrier embodies means for releasably holding the nozzle carryinghose adjacent the jar in an elevated position when not in use.

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a battery filler constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially upon line 3-3 ofFigure 1; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section disclosing the manner ofproviding the jar with an outlet.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the present invention embodiesa jar carrier consisting in an inverted pan-shaped base 5 preferablyformed of sheet metal and having a horizontal continuous flange 6 at itslower edge adapted to rest flatly upon a supporting surface when thedevice isnot in use. The jar carrier further embodies a plurality ofupright strips 7 and 8 whose lower ends are directed inwardly andterminate in L-sha-ped feet 9 which are secured to the top of the basemember 5 by riveting or the like as at 10. The strips 7 and 8 arepreferably disposed in uniformly spaced relation, and the strips 7preferably consist in a pair diametrically disposed between the pair ofstrips 8 and shorter than the latter. The st-rips are rigidly connectedby means of a hoop 11 disposed horizontally and riveted or otherwisesecured as at 12 to the strips. This hoop 11 is attached to the upperends of the shorter strips 7 but secured to. the longer strips 8 at apoint below the upper ends thereof, and portions of the strips 8 thusproject above the hoop 11 and are provided in their upper free ends withtransversely alined openings in which are journaled the outturn'ed endsof a bail or handle 13, means of which the device may be convenientlycarried about.

The device further embodies a jar 14 of a size to fit somewhat snuglywithin the carrier and to project above the hoop 11,

and this jar has the usual neck on which is placed the usual removablecover 15. The ar 14 is thus adapted to restiupon the inturned ends ofthe strips 7 and 8 with its central portion held in spaced relation tothe base 5 by means of the feet 9 of said strips. The jar 14 has anoutlet in the side thereof adjacent the bottom wall of the same, andthis outlet is preferably constructed as shown in Figure 4. Asillustrated, the jar is formed with an opening 16 through. which isinserted a tube 17 having a head 18 formed on its inner end. Theintermediate portion of the tube 17 is threaded for reception of a. nut19, and dis posed on the tube at each side of the jar wall between'thehead 18 and nut 19 are suitable gaskets 20. It is thus evident that whenthe nut 19 is tightened the same is forced toward the jar and the tube17 is drawn outwardly so that the gaskets 20 are tightly compressedagainst opposite sides of the ar Wall for sealing the joint between thetube 17 and the jar wall whereby the liquid may not leak through theopening 16. A flexible tube or hose 21 is forced onto the projectingouter end of the tube 17 and has a stiff tube or nozzle 22 inserted inthe other end thereof so that the liquid dispensed from the jar may beproperly directed into the battery cells.

Suitably attached to the upper portion of one of the strips 8 is a sheetmetal clasp 23 adapted to releasably engage the outlet tube or hose 21for maintaining the same in an elevated position adjacent the jar whenthe device is not in use. The upper end of the other strip 8 carries alarger sheet metal clasp 24 for releasable retaining reception of ahydrometer so that the latter may be Within convenient reach for testingthe battery as its cells are filled With Water.

It is obvious that the 1 L is filled by removing the cover 15, and asthe Water in the jar will become mixed With acid from the battery cells,the tube 17 and adjacent parts Within the jar are preferably formed oflead so that the acid will not have a destructive efiiect thereon.

The cover 15 of the is provided with a suitable vent opening asindicated by dotted lines in Figure 2 at 25 so that the Water mayreadily flow from the jar through the outlet tube 21. In using a deviceof this character it is simply necessary to allow the outlet tube 21 todepend from the bottom of the and to hold the latter at an elevationabove the battery, whereupon the water will flow from the jar by gravityinto the cells of the battery. By raising the outlet tube 21 andengaging the same with the clasp 23 as shoWn in Figure 1, the flow ofWater Will be immediately cut off.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. In a battery filler of the characterdescribed, an open jar carrier embodying a base, a body connected Withthe base, the body having a lateral offset portion adjacent its lowerend and disposed above said base for supporting reception of a jarwhereby the jar will be held above said base.

2. In a battery filler of the character described, a jar carrierembodying an inverted pan-shaped base, a plurality of equally spacedupright strips attached at their lower ends to said base, a hoop rigidlyconnecting the upper end portions of the strips, certain of said stripsprojecting upwardly past the hoop in opposed relation, and a bail.hinged to the upper ends of the said certain strips, said strips havinginwardly directed lower ends adapted for supporting reception of a jarand terminating in angular feet attached to the base.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN S. HOOPER.

